READ Famous People From Croatia

List of famous people from Croatia, including photos when available. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Croatia, while others are simply notable locals. If you're from Croatia you might already know that these prominent figures are also from your hometown, but some of the names below may really surprise you. This list includes people who were born and raised in Croatia, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.

List features people like Dobriša Cesarić, Ivo Vojnović.

If you want to answer the questions, "Which famous people are from Croatia?" or "Which celebrities were born in Croatia?" then this list is a great resource for you.

Mario Andrettiage 75 - Mario Gabriele Andretti is a retired Italian American world champion racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races ...more

Blanka Vlašićage 33 - Blanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the Croatian record holder in the event, and the former indoor World Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon ...more

Rade Šerbedžijaage 70 - Rade Šerbedžija, occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English language productions, is a Serbian actor, director and musician. He is known for his portrayals of imposing figures on ...more

Mira Furlanage 60 - Mira Furlan is a Croatian actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn on all five seasons of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, and as ...more

Severina Vučkovićage 44 - Severina Vučković is a Croatian pop singer popular across the entire former Yugoslavia. In 2006, Nacional weekly listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only bona ...more

Louis CukelaDied at 68 (1888-1956) - Louis Cukela was a United States Marine numbered among the nineteen two-time recipients of the Medal of Honor. Cukela was awarded the Medal by both the US Army and the US Navy for the same ...more

Anthony Francis LucasDied at 66 (1855-1921) - Anthony Francis Lucas was a Croatian-born oil explorer. With Pattillo Higgins he organized the drilling of an oil well near Beaumont, Texas that became known as Spindletop. This led to the ...more

Filip Šovagovićage 50 - Filip Šovagović is a Croatian actor, film director, playwright and journalist. At first known simply as the son of renowned Croatian actor Fabijan Šovagović, Filip Šovagović has appeared in many ...more

Dražen PetrovićDied at 29 (1964-1993) - Dražen Petrović was a Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the National ...more

Ante Tomićage 46 - Ante Tomić is Croatian writer and journalist. A native of a village Glavina Donja near Imotski, Tomić graduated in philosophy and sociology at the University of Zadar. He began to write as a ...more

J.B. TankoDied at 87 (1906-1993) - J.B. Tanko was a film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Georg Ludwig Ritter von TrappDied at 67 (1880-1947) - Corvette Captain Georg Johannes, Ritter von Trapp, often incorrectly referred to as Baron von Trapp, was an Austro-Hungarian Navy officer. His naval exploits during World War I earned him ...more

Luigi DallapiccolaDied at 71 (1904-1975) - Luigi Dallapiccola was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions.

Matea Ferkage 28 - Matea Ferk is an alpine skier from Croatia. She has competed for Croatia at both the 2006 and 2010 Olympics. Her best result in the Olympics was a 34th place in the slalom in 2010.

Gustav GavrinDied at 70 (1906-1976) - Gustav Gavrin was a film director, screenwriter and producer.

Ivano Balićage 38 - Ivano Balić is a Croatian handballer, world and Olympic champion. Balić is widely considered by experts and fans to be one of the best handball players of all time. He was voted 5 times in a row ...more

Miroslav KrležaDied at 88 (1893-1981) - Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian writer and a prominent figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Socialist Republic. A one time Vice President and General ...more

Slaven Krajačićage 36 - Slaven Krajačić is a Croatian sportsperson. He started his career as a sprinter specializing in the 100 metres, and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games. Since 2003, he has competed as a ...more

Jelena Kostanić Tošićage 35 - Jelena Kostanić Tošić is a retired professional female tennis player from Croatia. On July 26, 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 32. On October 4, 2004 she reached ...more

Franciscus PatriciusDied at 68 (1529-1597) - Franciscus Patricius was a philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice. He was known as a defender of Platonism and an opponent of Aristotelianism. In Croatia he is referred to as ...more

Natko Zrnčić-Dimage 31 - Natko Zrnčić-Dim is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Croatia. He won a bronze medal in super combined at the World Championships in 2009 at Val-d'Isère, France, and is a member of SK ...more

Katarina Cizmicage 25 - Katarina Cizmic is a luger.

Dragan Travicaage 30 - Dragan Travica is an Italian volleyball player of Serbian origins, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Russian club Belogorie Belgorod, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games ...more

Nina Broznić‎age 26 - Nina Broznić is a Croatian cross country skier who has competed since 2007. She finished 52nd in the individual sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Broznić has two victories ...more

Ana Jelušićage 29 - Ana Jelušić is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Croatia. Born in Rijeka, at the time SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jelušić specialized in slalom and competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics at ...more

Slavica Ecclestoneage 57 - Slavica Ecclestone is a Serbo-Croatian former model and ex-wife of Formula One racing CEO Bernie Ecclestone.

Joža HorvatDied at 97 (1915-2012) - Joža Horvat was a Croatian writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, dramas, screenplays, essays and radio dramas, translated into at least nine languages, including Russian, ...more

Mario Ivezicage 63 - Mario Ivezic is a film set decorator, film art director and production designer.

Vanča KljakovićDied at 80 (1930-2010) - Vanča Kljaković is a film and television director, screenwriter, and actor.

Vladko MačekDied at 85 (1879-1964) - Vladimir "Vladko" Maček was a Croatian politician active within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party following the 1929 ...more

Vanja DrachDied at 77 (1932-2009) - Vanja Drach was a Croatian theatre and film actor. His film and television credits include H-8, Lud zbunjen normalan, Gospa, Charuga, Kapelski kresovi, Nikola Tesla, Svjedoci. Between 1957 up to ...more

Dubravka Ugrešićage 68 - Dubravka Ugrešić is a Croatian writer. A graduate of University of Zagreb, she has been living in the Netherlands since the 1990s.

Archduke Leo Karl of AustriaDied at 46 (1893-1939) - Leo Karl Maria Cyril-Methodius Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria was the fifth child and the second son of Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of ...more

Martin Marićage 31 - Martin Marić is a Croatian track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has a personal best of 65.38 m, achieved in April 2011 in Gainesville, Florida. He also has 72.31 m in the ...more

Vicenco Blagaićage 38

Ksenija ZečevićDied at 50 (1956-2006) - Ksenija Zečević was a popular Serbian pianist and composer. She worked on film and theatre music. She worked in Belgrade. She was of Montenegrin and Istrian ancestry.

Marina Erakovicage 29 - Marina Erakovic is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. Her career high Women's Tennis Association rankings are World No. 39 for singles, achieved on 7 May 2012, and World No. 25 in ...more

Francis, Duke of TeckDied at 63 (1837-1900) - Francis, Duke of Teck, until 1863 known as Count Francis von Hohenstein, was a member of the German nobility, and later of the British Royal Family. He was the father of Queen Mary, the wife of ...more

Toni Kukočage 48 - Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. Kukoč was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five ...more

Mate ParlovDied at 60 (1948-2008) - Mate Parlov was a Yugoslavian and Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist who was European and World Champion as amateur and as professional. Parlov is universally regarded as the greatest ...more

Antun Vujićage 71 - Antun Vujić is a Croatian politician, philosopher, political analyst and lexicographer, currently member of Croatian Parliament and formerly Minister of Culture in the Croatian Government.

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